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Crassocephalum crepidioides / Benibanaborogiku ベニバナボロギ

Bloom time: August-October

   
Family:
 
Asteraceae /
   Kikuka


 

Species in the genus Crassocephalum:


Crassocephalum crepidioides / Benibanaborogiku

   

Crassocephalum crepidioides / Benibanaborogiku ベニバナボロギ

 
Crassocephalum crepidioides is an annual herb originating in Africa. Stems branch well at upper parts and grow to 30-70cm tall. Leaves are in an alternate arrangement, 10-20cm long, in the shape of an obovate-like long oblong, the lower part ones being pinnately cleft. Inflorescences droop at the upper parts and set flower heads downwards; the flower heads comprise delicate tubular flowers, with the upper parts red-brown and the lower parts white. Bloom time: August-October.
               
                     
                     
                     

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